His basketball journey began in one famous land of the north, Alaska, and has found glory in another, the Russian capital of Moscow. In between, CSKA Moscow guard Trajan Langdon has played the sport at the highest levels possible. His professional career hit a peak on May 4, 2008 with CSKA's second Euroleague title in three seasons after a Final Four in which he was voted MVP and named to the All-Euroleague First Team. Langdon, who turns 32 this week, has found his niche on the other side of the world from where he started, although on occasion, as he says in this Euroleague.net interview, he has gotten closer to home than even he expected. "Vladivostok is on the water, and looking out across it I realized that Alaska was probably a two- or three-hour flight away, which is a crazy way to come all around the world," Langdon told Euroleague.net "And it did enter my mind that some of the experiences I have had, using basketball as a tool and as a guide, are really unbelievable..."